If you participate in our Helping Hands Bags/SWEEP program, the Solanco Food Bank has coordinated for you to pick up ‘family bags’ once a week through 3/27.The locations chosen are in relation to where your child goes to school. See where and when to pick-up below:Quarryville El./Smith MS: Solanco Neighborhood Ministries (355 Buck Road, Quarryville, PA), 2pm-7pm on WednesdaysBart Colerain El. SWEEP: Wesley Colerain (1923 Noble Road, Kirkwood, PA), from 1pm-3pm on ThursdaysClermont El./Swift MS SWEEP: Little Britain Presbyterian Church (255 Little Britain Church Road, Peach Bottom), 10am-noon on FridaysProvidence El. SWEEP: Providence Church (269 Cinder Road, New Providence, PA), 1pm-3pm on ThursdaysIf you are unable to come to the location associated with your school or need after-work hours, please pick up your bag at Solanco Neighborhood Ministries on Wednesdays.This will be a ‘drive-thru’ service to minimize as much contact as possible. Thank you for your cooperation. Please call with any questions! 717-786-4308.

QE Students and Families,I hope that this message finds you, and those you care about, healthy. I know that having this amount of time off of school is a big change, and we're all working together to navigate this new reality.

With this change comes a set of unique challenges. I want to reach out and remind you that, as your school counselor, I continue to be here to support you.

Please remember that you can contact me at any time at mary_humphries@solancosd.org with questions or concerns. I continue to check my email multiple times a day, Monday through Friday.

Additionally, I'll be continuing to update this website with information and activities throughout our time out of school.

Students - Below is a series of 25 activities that you can do, at home, during this time, to continue your discussion and thinking on many of the topics we have covered, so far this year!

Parents and Guardians - Below is a resource that includes tips on how to talk to kids about COVID-19

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with anything you need! Students - I miss you SO MUCH!

Through the minute meetings conducted in September and January, Mrs. Humphries was able to measure what students have learned from School Counseling Lessons up to this point in the year. Check out how much our students have learned!

Quarryville Elementary is continuing their support of the Solanco Food Bank by serving as a collection point for the 12 Days of Christmas Food Drive. Each day, students and families can donate a different item to the food bank. Students can bring their items to their classrooms or items can be dropped off in the office.

Our Thanksgiving Food Drive was a huge success. Quarryville Elementary students and families worked together to collect 583 items to donate to the Solanco Food Bank to help families in need for the Thanksgiving holiday. A special thanks goes out to our student senators who helped Mrs. Humphries collect, count, and sort all of the donations!

Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude for what we have, as well as what we can give. In partnership with the Solanco Food Bank and Buck Company, Inc., Solanco schools will be holding food drives from Monday, November 4th through Friday, November 15th. Our school community will help provide Thanksgiving meals to share with families in need within the Solanco School District!

On Tuesday, our school will be celebrating Mix it Up Day, at nation-wide event that encourages students to get to know someone new. Students will be randomly assigned to tables in the cafeteria and given question prompts and "would you rather" questions to use to get to know someone new.

Additionally, our whole school will be celebrating by having a "mixed up clothing" spirit day. Staff and students will be wearing mismatched clothing as they "mix it up!"

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